Rockwell S-2R N4949X

Summary

On 15 August 1987 at about 16:15 local time, a Rockwell S-2R registered N4949X was involved in an accident near Mediapolis, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 August 1987 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Mediapolis, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

41.0005, -91.1607

Aircraft

Rockwell S-2R

Registration

N4949X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mediapolis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC87LA164

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FIELD TO BE SPRAYED APPEARED SAFE ENOUGH WHEN HE FLEW A RECON FLIGHT OVER THE AREA THE DAY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THAT HE DIDN'T EXPECT THE POWER TRANSMISSION LINES TO BE SO LOW, AND THAT HE DID NOT SEE A RISE IN THE CULTIVATED TERRAIN JUST UNDER THE POWERLINES. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, AS THE PILOT FLEW UNDER THE LINES AND OVER THE HUMP IN THE CORNFIELD, THE RIGHT SPRAY BOOM SNAGGED THE CORN, PULLING THE RIGHT WING DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SWERVED 180 DEGREES AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN BEFORE COMING TO REST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.